Today’s podcast looks at how the Conservatives can win the next election. Ed Miliband’s speech seems to have focused Conservative minds onto what needs to be done to win the next election. All big political parties are, to use a well worn phrase, broad churches. While the influence of a Party’s different parts tends to ebb and flow, the package of policy outcomes are normally acceptable to all. When they are not, political movements splinter, as we are seeing on the Right with UKIP. Ed Miliband’s speech has had effect of uniting the right. We now understand more clearly what we are against, thus we are closer to agreeing what we are for.

Paul Goodman (Conservative Home) – The Conservatives can win the next election if the public trust Cameron’s capabilities over Miliband’s, even taking into account the horrendous demographics.